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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2015
      Replying to @ChanceBGardener

      @ChanceBGardener @sweetnspicy66 Christian missionaries I know in India encourage people to hold on to heritage even after conversion.

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    2. Chance Gardener‏ @ChanceBGardener 24 Jun 2015
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      @HeerJeet @sweetnspicy66 apparently a private conversion event is ok, so long as no public presentation

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2015
      Replying to @ChanceBGardener

      @ChanceBGardener @sweetnspicy66 No: her public self erased not just prior religious identity but also ethnic identity. Very shameful.

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    4. Chance Gardener‏ @ChanceBGardener 24 Jun 2015
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      @HeerJeet @sweetnspicy66 the shameful thing is your insistent anti-Christian and, frankly, anti-ethnic-Sikh bigotry

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2015
      Replying to @ChanceBGardener

      @ChanceBGardener @sweetnspicy66 Punjabi Christians I know don't hide their ethnicity. Far from it. Wish Haley were the same.

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    6. Chance Gardener‏ @ChanceBGardener 24 Jun 2015
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      @HeerJeet @sweetnspicy66 you wish she were from Punjab instead of SC?

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2015
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      @ChanceBGardener @sweetnspicy66 I have lots of cousins born in Canada who are still proud of their Punjabi ancestry. Pride is good.

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    8. Chance Gardener‏ @ChanceBGardener 24 Jun 2015
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      @HeerJeet @sweetnspicy66 until then I'm going to continue to assume that your article and tweets set out your actual position, and that it

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2015
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      @ChanceBGardener @sweetnspicy66 Do you know anyone of South Asian ancestry? I think my points would be clearer if you talked to them.

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    10. CountryGirl (Kat)‏ @sweetnspicy66 24 Jun 2015
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      @HeerJeet @ChanceBGardener yet people cannot choose to be simply American? You claim that is unhealthy? that really sounds hypocritical

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Jun 2015
      Replying to @sweetnspicy66

      @sweetnspicy66 @ChanceBGardener The churchgoers at Charleston might have thought they were just Americans but were killed for being black.

      9:04 PM - 24 Jun 2015 from Toronto, Ontario
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        1. CountryGirl (Kat)‏ @sweetnspicy66 24 Jun 2015
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          @HeerJeet @ChanceBGardener maybe, maybe not... I mean no disrespect but the fact he was considering other places to shoot up and most of his

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        1. CountryGirl (Kat)‏ @sweetnspicy66 24 Jun 2015
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          @HeerJeet @ChanceBGardener friends were black if you had seen his Facebook page, leads me to believe that he had issues prior to this

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        1. CountryGirl (Kat)‏ @sweetnspicy66 24 Jun 2015
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          @HeerJeet @ChanceBGardener involving other groups of people. his problem may have simply been with himself , his own insecurities, and his

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        1. CountryGirl (Kat)‏ @sweetnspicy66 24 Jun 2015
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          @HeerJeet @ChanceBGardener mental health. do not get me wrong I make no excuses for this scumbag, I am just not convinced it was b/c of

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        1. CountryGirl (Kat)‏ @sweetnspicy66 24 Jun 2015
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          @HeerJeet @ChanceBGardener their race. I could be wrong

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        1. CountryGirl (Kat)‏ @sweetnspicy66 24 Jun 2015
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          @HeerJeet @ChanceBGardener and since when does one sick individual speak for everybody else?

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        2. Chance Gardener‏ @ChanceBGardener 24 Jun 2015
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          @HeerJeet @sweetnspicy66 maybe you should also start telling us who isn't black enough, and policing the boundaries

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        3. CountryGirl (Kat)‏ @sweetnspicy66 24 Jun 2015
          Replying to @ChanceBGardener

          @ChanceBGardener @HeerJeet they have....Maybe not this one personally but my daughter has been told many times how she is not "Black enough"

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